Ocean of Sound
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1852427434 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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His other books are Rap Attack 3 and Exotica.. A culture absorbed in perfume, light and ambient sound developed in response to the intangibility of 20th century communications. David Toop traces the evolution of this culture, through Erik Satie to the Velvet Undergound; Miles Davis to Jimi Hendrix.David Toop, who lives in London, is a writer, musician and recording artist. Ocean of Sound begins in 1889 at the Paris Exposition when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed
His tour-de-force survey describes a dissonant and invigorating clash of music and noise from western classical to Javanese gamelan, from Claude Debussy to Miles Davis to Brian Eno, from disco to techno to ambient. . He discusses the changes in our sound world caused by the global reach of radio and recordings, and shows himself a rigorous pluralist, open to all styles and forms, but unafraid to offer robust criticism in any musical sphere. A member of a radical editorial collective on the cutting edge of British music criticism in the 1970s, later a critic for more standard papers, including the Times, David Toop'S second book covers a vast expanse of music
DutchBreeze said Great thought provoking material. I love David Toop and any work he's involved in. From music to academic writing, this guy knows his stuff. He's very well versed in music and has done his research thoroughly you can tell He has a unique way of explaining sound and its magic, definitely grab any books he's written on the subject of sound.. Nice overview of music that falls thru the cracks-great chapter Nice overview of music that falls thru thecracks-great chapter on the Ambient scene inEngland in the nineties.. A guide to a new musical world Tim Lukeman As an eager but somewhat overwhelmed newcomer to the world of ambient music, I've found this overview to be informative & invaluable. It's constructed like many ambient pieces: layers of information & exotica that overlap, shade into one another, and in many ways recreate in prose the experience of the music. Yet at the same time, there's a clarity & focus to the writing, which becomes apparent as the reader flows from one topic to the next. By the end, I'd not only gained some real knowledge & understanding, I'd been given some excellent starting points for further exploration. An exemplary volume, highly recommended!